It’s Almost Here!

April 20, 2012 at 9:24 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Who's Who in Equine Compassion Volume 1

I ordered the fina proof copy of “Who’s Who in Equine Compassion” the first volume two days ago. I’m so excited! I am also so proud of each and every Individual, Group, Business and other collective who stepped up to announce to the world they you all care abou the horses in your care, under your watch and within the scope of you concern!

I will announce it far and wide when it’s live on amazon.com. Until then here’s a little sneak peak at what’s inside:

Who Should Be In This Book

October 2, 2011 at 9:29 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Maybe you’re wondering “Should I be in the ‘Who’s Who in Equine Compassion‘ book?” Below are some guidelines for you to decide.

Please do not be in This Book

If you don’t care about the quality of life of equines, and you don’t care if they suffer - please do not be in this book.

If you think fighting spent racehorse stallions is an awesome past time - please do not be in this book.

If you breed mares because you think sooner or later you’ll get a money-horse that will transform your life and meanwhile you dump the ‘not-up-to-par’ foals on Craig’s List, auctions or rescues - please do not be in this book.

If you believe the untrained horse you kept at home is going to have a great chance with a new family out of that low level auction you just dumped him off at - please do not be in this book.

If you do nothing with but breed a mare for 15 years and find she’s not producing results you expected and drop her off at a rescue willing to take her thinking they’ll be able to adopt her - please do not be in this book.

You should be in This Book

If you care what happens to American mustangs and burros you should be in this book.

If you care what happens to thoroughbreds that run off the track onto a truck that takes them to slaughter in Canada or Mexico you should be in this book.

If it matters to you that pregnant mares are kept tied in dank stalls with minimal water offered year in and year out so their urine can be concentrated and collected you should be in this book.

If you love horses because they’re beautiful and deserve to be taken care of you should be in this book.

If you make a living having something to do with horses, horsemanship or tools of the trades and disciplines and it matters to you how horses are treated you should be in this book.

If you think it’s appalling that a herd of miniature horses would be deliberately infected with an untreatable disease and offered via Craig’s List ads to unsuspecting new homes you should be in this book.

If you believe one unwanted horse is one unwanted horse too many you should be in this book.

If you write about the plight of equines in Australia, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa or ANYwhere else, you should be in this book.

If you don’t like that Quarterhorses and Paints outnumber Thoroughbreds on the double-decker semi trucks bound for slaughter you should be in this book.

If you take care of your own horse companions well and are prepared to keep them for their whole lives you should be in this book.

If you keep a horse you know you can never ride or otherwise ‘get use out of’ for no other reason than it’s the right thing to do, you should be in this book.

If you’ve ever had to put a horse down because circumstances were such you couldn’t keep him and he couldn’t be humanely placed you should be in this book.

If you donate to equine welfare you should be in this book.

If you have benefited from your interactions with equines in some way you should be in this book.

If you would find a way to help a suffering horse no matter what the circumstances you should be in this book.

Just Hours to go….

September 10, 2011 at 12:01 pmCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

The Working Cover for the Who's Who in Equine Welfare Book Project

Just hours to go in this initial campaign! Not being able to leverage Facebook really dampened the energy and buzz I think might otherwise have been created – but didn’t touch my enthusiasm for keeping hope alive! Facebook froze the Merry Horses page for posting a link to this project on other equine rescue pages’ walls. Since I thought that was ok wall to wall – especially for an all-free, no-strings-attached offer like this I didn’t think there would be a problem. Wrong! We’re going for it anyway!

Those who are participating have encouraged me to go forward with this project no matter what. So this first volume can be used to garner MORE interest in the concept as we go forward!

For tons more info click the Who’s Who link on the navigation bar! Or right here!

Win Display Space in the Who’s Who Book!

August 21, 2011 at 9:33 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Free Space!

Win space (or a space upgrade if you’ve already committed) in the new Who’s Who in Equine Compassion book! Tell your friends and connections about the project and when they add their info – you win!

Rate Chart for Who's Who in Equine Compassion Book

Sample: Let’s say you’re in charge of a rescue group. Tell your current donors, volunteers, adopters about this project. Collect their information and send it in with yours to win a nice juicy space for your group in the book.

Full Page:

$150 Sponsorship
or FREE with at least 20 Paid Small (1/8 listings)
or FREE with 150 Basic Listings

1/2 Page

$75 Sponsorship
or FREE with at least 10 Paid Small (1/8 listings)
or FREE with 75 Basic Listings

1/4 Page

$25 Sponsorship
or FREE with at least 5 Paid Small (1/8 listings)
or FREE with 25 Basic Listings

1/8 Page

$15 Sponsorship
or FREE with at least 3 Paid Small (1/8 listings)
or FREE with 15 Basic Listings

Individuals, Gorups, Organizations, even Businesses are all eligible for these freebies and prices!

If you’ve already pledged you can earn an UPGRADE for your ad!

DEADLINE: October 1, 2011

The fine print:

You collect and send in the ads from your peeps.
If you prefer we will collect the ads – but your connections need to make it clear that they are sending their ad in on your behalf. We will set up a folder to collect them as they come in.
Display ads will be printed in Black and White in the hard copy of the book and will show as color in the online versions of the book.
We will convert to black and white for you.
Document type should be “print-ready” PDF, JPG or PNG.
Sizes: 1/8 Page 3.5″w x 2.25″h, 1/4 Page 3.5″w x 5″h, 1/2 Page 8″w x 5″h, Full Page 8″w x 10.5″h
email submissions to merryhorses@gmail.com
Payments accepted via PayPal (which means all major credit cards, checks and your PayPal account)
Need help with your space? We’ll do it for FREE! Just email us the info, photo and logo – whatever you want included!

PayPal will confirm your payment right away. Then when Paypal tells us we’ll send you a confirmation email – usually within 24 hours with your ad specifications and tips.

It’s About The Horses!

August 16, 2011 at 11:55 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

This Isn’t About Me

I don’t show my face very often when it comes to my online work. One simple reason: none of this is about me, It’s About The Horses! But I figured I was going to have to be a REAL entity for some of you to get the message that this is a genuine project from a real person and I want to include YOU!

Question

Should we call it: Who’s Who in Equine Welfare or Who’s Who in Equine Compassion? Comment your choice!

Here’s the video of my project pitch:

Links:

Here’s the link to sign up pledge (starting as low as $10). http://www.indiegogo.com/whos-who-in-equine-rescue
Here’s the link to be in the book for FREE! (It’s a quick SuveyMonkey survey)

Proposed Cover for Who’s Who Book

August 15, 2011 at 9:27 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Potential for Literally THOUSANDS of Responses

To help the Who Who in Equine Welfare book project become more real a proposed design for the front cover is shown below. Merry Horses has over 5000 Facebook likes and all of those folks have friend s who care. We should get to 20,000 people willing to say “I care what happens to equines” in this public format. It’s all free. There’s no scam. There will be no spam, you control what info you put out there. It can be just your name like “Chris S.” from “Your Town”. The idea isn’t to expose you beyond what you’re comfortable with but to show each other and the less compassionate others there there are a LOT of us who care! Let’s make a book that might have actual impact should it need to be thrown at an abuser’s head.

Here’s the cover:

The Working Cover for the Who's Who in Equine Welfare Book Project

To be included comment your info below or see the entire array of project options on its IndieGoGo page. It’s FREE to be included. Upgraded space starts at ten bucks. $10, folks. Seriously affordable stuff. Please share the link – tell everyone you know – let’s make an IMPACT!

Who’s Who in Equine Welfare Book Sample $10 “Ad”

August 14, 2011 at 10:03 amCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Sample 1/8 page ad - 3.5" x 2.25"

As the Who’s Who in Equine Welfare book project takes shape I will be posting ads and includes so this thing starts becoming REAL for more and more people. Below is the first “In Memorium” ad to be composed for inclusion.

Compassionate horse lover, Sabrina Connaughton in Washington state recently lost an equine friend she rescued from a filthy living situation. His last few months on this earth were safe, warm and comfortable for this old soul. Though he was with her just a short while this old boy touched Sabrina’s heart deeply. She is commemorating his place in her life and her dedication to making the world a better place for horses with this 1/8 side ad (3.5″ x 2.25″) to be in the book. You can also place such an ad by pledging just $10 towards the project.

Be Included!

Pledge here: http://www.indiegogo.com/whos-who-in-equine-rescue

Or be included for FREE by taking this short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RGFGB6H

Ads will be in full color online and printed in black and white in the book (to keep it’s price as accessible as possible)

Who’s WHO in Equine Compassion – Are YOU?

August 13, 2011 at 1:21 pmCategory:Who's Who in Equine Compassion

Who’s Who in Equine Compassion Book to be Published

To accompany this wonderful joining together of hope I want to produce a physical volume featuring the Who’s Who within equine compassion and rescue. I want YOU and YOUR ORGANIZATION to be included! I want everyone on this page to contact me and make sure your info is current so it can be included in both a physical printed hard copy book to be available on Amazon.com as well as a clickable live-linked online version.

Why?

Let’s show the uncaring horse abusers how many of us there are who care!
Let’s be an organized force on the page!
Let’s be made into a physical book so someone with a casual interest can see immediately and feel the subliminal heft of our power!

Be a Part of the book – Basic Listings are FREE!

This is open to individuals and organizations alike, whether you’re a registered non-profit or just a closet do gooder. Doesn’t matter. What does matter is that if you care – your tell the world in this way!

I’ve created a pledge page on www.indiegogo.com for you to get more page space in this professionally designed book. Any profits generated from pledges will go to send me to the International Equine Conference so I can blog about the proceedings and the issues right here as well as on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.

Quick Info Collection Form

I’m collecting Your Info via comments below or on this short and sweet form here!

Do You Make a Living Through Horses?

Is your a business that makes a living off of horses somehow? Maybe you’re feeling duty-bound to add you voice to those who care for their humane and compassionate treatment? Here’s an effective and awesomely economical way to let the world and your customers and clients know for sure that you care. Ad space is available to YOU too! See the Project: http://www.indiegogo.com/whos-who-in-equine-rescue.

Images of the book will be posted here as soon as they’re created!

You Do NOT Have to Pledge to Be in the Book!

Want to be included? Just comment your info below. Website, focus, contact info, facebook page links…..tell me and you’ll be included!

The Official Book Trailer:

ALSO available at discount for rescue groups and other resellers here: